Associations to the word «Rockefeller»

Wiktionary

ROCKEFELLER, proper noun. An American surname​.
ROCKEFELLER, proper noun. American capitalist. Founder, leader, and owner of Standard Oil Company.
ROCKEFELLER, noun. A very rich person.
ROCKEFELLER REPUBLICAN, noun. (US) (politics) (archaic) a moderate or liberal member of the Republican Party of the United States of America, especially one from the northeast of the USA.
ROCKEFELLER REPUBLICANS, noun. Plural of Rockefeller Republican

Dictionary definition

ROCKEFELLER, noun. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats